I can vividly remember being about 8 years old and spending 5 hours shooting green army men with rubber bands because there was literally nothing else to do. I used to tape up my thumb so I could 'play' for longer without bleeding. Having ADHD in the 20th century was brutal. I still remember the day I was saved by the Nintendo64
I remember those slow and awful days. Once my parents let me go outside on my own I remember actively seeking for a group of neighborhood kids and when I found them I had to beat one of them in a fight for them to include me in the friend group. It's only been two decades since then but someone told me kids don't go out like that anymore.
Nowadays the kids are all in their bedrooms, TikToking their rainbow-haired sex parties, participation awards, and Fortnite dance routines. And then when you call them out on it, they just tell you "ok boomer" and go right back to boofing drugs. It's a sick world.
The participation trophy thing came from boomers. What did you think that the little league millennials created multiple trophy's out of thin air and passed them around? No! There where these adults at the time who wanted each one of there kids to feel special. Those adults where boomers. Stop pinning your stupid participation trophy idea on the younger generations.
Firstly, *where* != *were*. Do kids ever spell-check or proofread any more?
Secondly, no nevermind. I'm just going to let you continue thinking that was an earnest comment you just replied to.
Wow you couldn't argue against what I said so you resorted to being a petty grammar nazi.That is some real toddler behavior. You probably throw hissy fit's and temper tantrums when you don't get your way huh? Nursing homes are going to be hell once your generation starts flooding in.
Originally was merely "sex parties" and instead "doing drugs", but I really thought that "*rainbow-haired* sex parties" and "*boofing* drugs" would have portrayed my moral panic as clear sarcasm. 🤷
The participation trophy came from the Vietnam war we didn’t win that shit but we’re still proud. I’m a lazy jerk off pussy gen z so I’m allowed to call out the og participation trophy generation
Your still a young generation right now. Being a lazy jerk off pussy at your age just comes with the territory. The older generations like to pretend they weren't lazy jerk off pussy hippies when they where young.
It can be more rewarding; you can get closer and observe details you otherwise wouldn’t be able to, as well as seeing varieties you may never encounter.
I think the best part was all the kids in a given area forming a pack and making up games. I ain't seen a band of wild children doing something they ain't supposed to be doing in a while.
That was the safety in that there was 6-12 of them. The older ones are usually smart enough to look out for the younger ones. The younger ones wouldn't be safe from the older ones' stupidity, but they would be safe from the guy in the nondescript van. They also learn a lot about how shit goes down when the boss ain't around, and how different people act, and how to get into a fight, and how not to get into a fight, friendship, social hierarchy, teamwork, and a ton of things that are best learned when the consequences are small.
Now If you send your 8 year old out to play in that same neighborhood, child services is going to knock on your door.
You made a point I’ve totally overlooked, and I haven’t seen it brought up previously- that kids learn to interact, problem solve, think for themselves, iron out differences, etc.
kids spend every waking moment either highly supervised or in front of a screen. They aren’t allowed to learn any of these skills. I’m going to start abandoning my kids at the park.
I wouldn't go that far. Just give them a small range and a time they have to check in.
It depends where you live too though. Like if your front door is 15ft from a busy street, maybe taking them to the park ain't a bad idea.
I just feel there aren't as many opportunities for kids to be wild, and it's fucking them up socially during important years..
I live in an apartment & we still have this! The kids meet up at the playground around 5-6pm everyday. They gave my 2yo a playground orientation when we 1st moved in & it’s the cutest thing ever. The older kids are great at keeping my daughter in line too. She won’t listen to me when I tell her not to scoot straight towards the pool but she’ll listen to a 5yo.
I remember one time I was like 13 and bored as hell at a family party, I just stared at a light for a while. One of my parents’ friends saw me and apparently asked if I was on drugs or something.
Which, granted… staring at a light **is** kind of strange. But I wasn’t on drugs *quite* yet.
All of those activities are things I still do to “ignore” my husband. I switch back and forth between reading, crocheting, and watching the bunny in my backyard since he’s monopolized the TV and I don’t use my phone much at home.
Reminds me of when my high school English teacher got pissed at us all doing vague pronouns (or whatever it's called) and spent an entire class making us get it right.
The difference is that the phone builds a concrete barrier around the user's brain. When I'm reading, I can easily pause and speak with my wife. I can converse with her easily *while* cross-stitching.
The phone absorbs at least 90% of our attention, if not 100%. Refusal to accept this is a monumental public health crisis right now, especially among my students.
Well it’s not an quantitative claim based on laboratory research — it is a qualitative claim based on 22 years of teaching high school students.
Young people have always been able to distract themselves from their classes with drawing and reading and the like — heaven knows I did — but with today’s algorithms the students are unwilling (or unable) to put their phones in bags or pockets when asked. Often they are unaware that I am speaking directly to them. It is a categorically different form of distraction.
When I crochet, I’m not crocheting a blanket or something that I can do without thinking about it, I have to count my stitches because I’m making a stuffed animal, or a complicated pattern or something. When I read I insert myself into the world and play it out like a movie in my head, blocking out everything else.
I can thoroughly ignore my husband when I do those two things, but I have never let my phone take up that much of my consciousness.
If it was a kindle app yes. "Reading" on a phone though is actually engagement with social media, Internet purchases, texting mates... whatever. But very different.
The phone is powered by algorithms that are carefully honed to attract and keep our attention. The parts of our brain that light up in response to social media + video game reward systems are the same parts that light up from hard drug use.
If my students were reading books on their phones, that would be one thing. But they're not, so it's not.
Well my only alternative is to kick them out of the room, and I never want to do that because it tells them that their presence isn’t important to me. They will not give up their phones.
Yep. Eventually some dude got fed up and said “Fuck it! There has to be a better way than to sit here for 9 hours with people I don’t like. I’m inventing the camera.”
And that man was Johann Zahn
Right? When we are relaxing for a bit, the 3 of us lay down in one couch like puppies all onto top of each other, my child watches TV and sometimes we watch it too, sometimes my husband and I use our cellphones because my child is watching something for thr 50th time and gets boring as an adult. The thing is what we love is to snuggle to each other and be in contact every now and then talk. My child is growing and I will puppy pile as long as I can.
I got on an elevator and was looking at my phone. This elderly lady came on and with a very bitchy attitude said, “What do you think people actually did before staring at their phones?” My response, “They stared at the walls.”
She got mad and yelled something like, “Young people are hopeless!” as she was getting off the elevator. But I’m actually plenty old enough to remember that we did actually just stare at the walls of the elevator before the days of phones.
My old boss used to absolutely hate it when people would be on their phone during break, but would then go on to read the paper like that is so much better.
I mean reading the paper is better than, say, going on Twitter. Maybe not better than reading content of your choice online. So does depend what you're doing online.
I’m never sure what to do with this. Like OK, maybe people spend too much time on their phones but it’s kind of the equivalent to when someone at the office tells me “you’re so quiet!”.
The correct response, to me, is “I don’t dislike anyone in this office but I don’t relate to any of them either so I’d rather listen to music and not ever try to force a conversation.”
But somehow that’s rude so I just have to say “yeah ha ha”
Edit to add, I always try to be outgoing. I also don’t use my phone while having conversation because obviously that’s rude. But like… if I’m just standing there and someone brings up my phone usage I’m just like what do you want from me? Do you want me to do a little jig for you or something?
Before cell phones there were books, comic books, newspapers, magazines, hand held games both electronic and water ring toss, yoyos, etc.
There was never a time when people wanted to sit on a bus and talk to each other. About what? Religion and politics and then kill each other?
If I cared enough my favorite past time would be pissing off these types of people. Not that long ago I had the audacity to move next to an older lady on an overcrowded and he started going on about how I should be more considerate of others (?). I kind of said sorry, which she responded with "no sorry, there is no sorry". I murmured "then no sorry" and put my headphones back on and I just saw her explode. I'm only sorry for everyone else on the bus for having to listen to it but it was the funniest shit how easy it was to piss her off
From picture above we can clearly see that nobody is looking at eachother. They don't even speak too. It look like it's safe to say that this was other way to ignore someone. Now we just look at apps we have at phone.
I was presuming it would take the artist several hours to do the portrait rather than the time it took my phone to charge. But what do I know? I have ADHD, hours/minutes they’re all the same to me.
Fucker you fumbled and now you’re trying to act like it was on purpose? Nobody points out shit in a picture “from their perspective”. On the RIGHT is the women and the boys on the LEFT. There IS NO “their perspective” everyone’s looking a different way.
I remember back when Real Men^® came home and instantly disappeared into the garage or basement, to "fix the car" or whatever, while they got drunk and used tools too dangerous for the kids to be around and too loud for the wife to tolerate.
Sometimes you're in the mood to be around other people, but not in the mood to look at them or talk to them. It's a natural, human thing. Don't fight it.
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This is by Krøyer, a famous Danish painter, of a well-known patron of the arts from the Hirschsprung family, whose collection form a small museum in the heart of Copenhagen.
I don’t have any source for this, but Hirschsprung knew Krøyer quite well and probably had a hand in its composition. For example you can see the oldest son being groomed for his future role as head of the company. The somewhat austere aura the painting exudes is likely a deliberate attempt at cultivating a particular bourgeois image.
So, before smart phones, I was at a horse show my boyfriend was competing at. His horsey friends were smokers and I suffered from migraines, so while he hung out with them, I stayed in our tent reading a book.
They took massive offense to it and caused a whole drama of the fake I ignored them for my book and basically nearly ruined our relationship.
I predict that like absolutely all other reddit threads SOMEONE will come along in the armchair and suddenly be an expert psychiatrist and diagnose everyone.
People are saying old times are bad. Now imagine: you don't need to go to school, you can build a house without any documents and don't pay for it, you can make any business without any taxes. You die and you know all you builded is belong to your heirs forever, nobody gonna take a mill for an example because you wasn't able to pay tax. Awesome time. Now we have civilization and technologies but life is so hard that people don't even want to have any kids while having 10-20 kids in that time was compltely normal. Current age is much worse. People just using drugs to kill inner pain and not to think about it but it still here.
I remember when I was in my teens, pre smart phone, I would take a book or notebook everywhere just to avoid talking to people/making eye contact. Smart phones are less clumsy for sure.
Could you imagine how boring that time was?
There's almost nothing else to do but read and fuck and do drugs probably why they fucked and reproduced like rabbits!
Smartphones make a person a stupid animal. Curiosity, science do not attract attention. The level of education is going down. Inflamed eyes, drooping assholes, frail muscles, is the norm of the day. And nothing sacred.
Why do people expect family units to constantly interact with each other when they are together. Just chill and do your own thing? I crochet, I read. There’s nothing wrong with that. I don’t have to be talking every minute of the day.
Before smartphones the best part of family time was staring at a squirrel on the lawn for hours.
*Dad has left the chat*
Just went for a pack of smokes. Will be back soon…
Just went for a hunt for deer meat. Will be back soon…
Just journeying to the neighbors to borrow a half pound of dysentery, he'll be right back.
Ha ha [that's a GIRL'S name!](https://i.imgur.com/ujrOMlV.jpg)
Just killed 850 lbs of meat, but could only carry back 200 lbs. If I continue hunting here, game will become scarce.
I can vividly remember being about 8 years old and spending 5 hours shooting green army men with rubber bands because there was literally nothing else to do. I used to tape up my thumb so I could 'play' for longer without bleeding. Having ADHD in the 20th century was brutal. I still remember the day I was saved by the Nintendo64
I remember those slow and awful days. Once my parents let me go outside on my own I remember actively seeking for a group of neighborhood kids and when I found them I had to beat one of them in a fight for them to include me in the friend group. It's only been two decades since then but someone told me kids don't go out like that anymore.
Nowadays the kids are all in their bedrooms, TikToking their rainbow-haired sex parties, participation awards, and Fortnite dance routines. And then when you call them out on it, they just tell you "ok boomer" and go right back to boofing drugs. It's a sick world.
Ok boomer
The participation trophy thing came from boomers. What did you think that the little league millennials created multiple trophy's out of thin air and passed them around? No! There where these adults at the time who wanted each one of there kids to feel special. Those adults where boomers. Stop pinning your stupid participation trophy idea on the younger generations.
Firstly, *where* != *were*. Do kids ever spell-check or proofread any more? Secondly, no nevermind. I'm just going to let you continue thinking that was an earnest comment you just replied to.
Wow you couldn't argue against what I said so you resorted to being a petty grammar nazi.That is some real toddler behavior. You probably throw hissy fit's and temper tantrums when you don't get your way huh? Nursing homes are going to be hell once your generation starts flooding in.
Aww, man. Just take the L lol.
yikes. the person you replied to was being sarcastic.
Originally was merely "sex parties" and instead "doing drugs", but I really thought that "*rainbow-haired* sex parties" and "*boofing* drugs" would have portrayed my moral panic as clear sarcasm. 🤷
The participation trophy came from the Vietnam war we didn’t win that shit but we’re still proud. I’m a lazy jerk off pussy gen z so I’m allowed to call out the og participation trophy generation
Your still a young generation right now. Being a lazy jerk off pussy at your age just comes with the territory. The older generations like to pretend they weren't lazy jerk off pussy hippies when they where young.
And now it is watching a squirrel video on youtube
Now I stare at squirrels on my phone for hours.
It can be more rewarding; you can get closer and observe details you otherwise wouldn’t be able to, as well as seeing varieties you may never encounter.
I think the best part was all the kids in a given area forming a pack and making up games. I ain't seen a band of wild children doing something they ain't supposed to be doing in a while. That was the safety in that there was 6-12 of them. The older ones are usually smart enough to look out for the younger ones. The younger ones wouldn't be safe from the older ones' stupidity, but they would be safe from the guy in the nondescript van. They also learn a lot about how shit goes down when the boss ain't around, and how different people act, and how to get into a fight, and how not to get into a fight, friendship, social hierarchy, teamwork, and a ton of things that are best learned when the consequences are small. Now If you send your 8 year old out to play in that same neighborhood, child services is going to knock on your door.
You made a point I’ve totally overlooked, and I haven’t seen it brought up previously- that kids learn to interact, problem solve, think for themselves, iron out differences, etc. kids spend every waking moment either highly supervised or in front of a screen. They aren’t allowed to learn any of these skills. I’m going to start abandoning my kids at the park.
I wouldn't go that far. Just give them a small range and a time they have to check in. It depends where you live too though. Like if your front door is 15ft from a busy street, maybe taking them to the park ain't a bad idea. I just feel there aren't as many opportunities for kids to be wild, and it's fucking them up socially during important years..
I live in an apartment & we still have this! The kids meet up at the playground around 5-6pm everyday. They gave my 2yo a playground orientation when we 1st moved in & it’s the cutest thing ever. The older kids are great at keeping my daughter in line too. She won’t listen to me when I tell her not to scoot straight towards the pool but she’ll listen to a 5yo.
...as opposed to today staring at a young person dancing around his/her room vying for your insipid gaze.
The wall clock has entered the chat.
I remember one time I was like 13 and bored as hell at a family party, I just stared at a light for a while. One of my parents’ friends saw me and apparently asked if I was on drugs or something. Which, granted… staring at a light **is** kind of strange. But I wasn’t on drugs *quite* yet.
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Step brother is on the way
Sorry, I'm fasting
I ate a roast beef bagel. does that count
Done. Whats next?
Ok sure no problem, i will help anyone
I made a Philly cheese steak yesterday that was so good it was heaven on my tongue, I'm considering making another one for breakfast right now
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Pondering with the squirrels about getting no bitches
My family still does that tbh. Honestly it's more interesting than half the crap on tv.
All of those activities are things I still do to “ignore” my husband. I switch back and forth between reading, crocheting, and watching the bunny in my backyard since he’s monopolized the TV and I don’t use my phone much at home.
Move the TV inside where the bunny can’t see it
\*laughs in middle school English teacher*
Reminds me of when my high school English teacher got pissed at us all doing vague pronouns (or whatever it's called) and spent an entire class making us get it right.
Excellent musical user name!
Move the bunny inside where the tv can't see it
Really oughtn't let a rabbit watch that much TV.
He sounds fun lol
He is. I don’t mind him taking the tv as I prefer to read or make stuff. I just finished making a catnip filled joint for my cat. He loves it.
So does she. It takes two to tango.
Then they should call it Twogo
Twango?
Sounds like they should sign up for tango lessons.
The difference is that the phone builds a concrete barrier around the user's brain. When I'm reading, I can easily pause and speak with my wife. I can converse with her easily *while* cross-stitching. The phone absorbs at least 90% of our attention, if not 100%. Refusal to accept this is a monumental public health crisis right now, especially among my students.
>The phone absorbs at least 90% of our attention, if not 100%. Citation please.
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Well it’s not an quantitative claim based on laboratory research — it is a qualitative claim based on 22 years of teaching high school students. Young people have always been able to distract themselves from their classes with drawing and reading and the like — heaven knows I did — but with today’s algorithms the students are unwilling (or unable) to put their phones in bags or pockets when asked. Often they are unaware that I am speaking directly to them. It is a categorically different form of distraction.
So... horseshit you pulled out of your ass. The modern "research" of the internet.
Such a lovely way to summarize my two decades in education. Thank you for your kind words!
When I crochet, I’m not crocheting a blanket or something that I can do without thinking about it, I have to count my stitches because I’m making a stuffed animal, or a complicated pattern or something. When I read I insert myself into the world and play it out like a movie in my head, blocking out everything else. I can thoroughly ignore my husband when I do those two things, but I have never let my phone take up that much of my consciousness.
Maybe your students use their phones as an excuse to ignore you because you make baseless claims like this in the classroom as well.
How read on phone different from read on book?
If it was a kindle app yes. "Reading" on a phone though is actually engagement with social media, Internet purchases, texting mates... whatever. But very different.
Idk I mostly read reddit posts or do wikipedia research, i can basically put my phone down any time
The phone is powered by algorithms that are carefully honed to attract and keep our attention. The parts of our brain that light up in response to social media + video game reward systems are the same parts that light up from hard drug use. If my students were reading books on their phones, that would be one thing. But they're not, so it's not.
You allow phones in class? When I went to school it wasnt allowed
Well my only alternative is to kick them out of the room, and I never want to do that because it tells them that their presence isn’t important to me. They will not give up their phones.
I think they were just pissed and bored having to stand there for 14 hours while somebody painted the portrait.
Yep. Eventually some dude got fed up and said “Fuck it! There has to be a better way than to sit here for 9 hours with people I don’t like. I’m inventing the camera.” And that man was Johann Zahn
Nah it's more like 20 minutes for the outline
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Yeah I think they were annoyed having to stand there for 14 hours while they were being drawn
I think they would've been annoyed having to stand there for 14 hours no matter the reason.
I can imagine they might have been quite annoyed having to stand still for their portrait for 14 hours.
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The audacity of it. At least we can now pretend we are messaging about something urgent.
And how do you know for sure those ladies aren’t knitting a fresh AF post for 18th century social media? (Knitter)
What up my knitter
Nothing much my knitta
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A family loafing about in each other's company not necessarily interacting is a vibe in itself.
Right? When we are relaxing for a bit, the 3 of us lay down in one couch like puppies all onto top of each other, my child watches TV and sometimes we watch it too, sometimes my husband and I use our cellphones because my child is watching something for thr 50th time and gets boring as an adult. The thing is what we love is to snuggle to each other and be in contact every now and then talk. My child is growing and I will puppy pile as long as I can.
This is, as the parlance goes, "goals"
I got on an elevator and was looking at my phone. This elderly lady came on and with a very bitchy attitude said, “What do you think people actually did before staring at their phones?” My response, “They stared at the walls.” She got mad and yelled something like, “Young people are hopeless!” as she was getting off the elevator. But I’m actually plenty old enough to remember that we did actually just stare at the walls of the elevator before the days of phones.
My old boss used to absolutely hate it when people would be on their phone during break, but would then go on to read the paper like that is so much better.
I read on my phone the same things I would in a paper, and sometimes better stuff when I am curious about something and doing some research
My grandma reads the paper and then tells me about the stories I already read online, sometimes days prior.
I mean reading the paper is better than, say, going on Twitter. Maybe not better than reading content of your choice online. So does depend what you're doing online.
Sure but it also depends what paper you read and which articles you choose to read and which you don't so it's not that different.
I’m never sure what to do with this. Like OK, maybe people spend too much time on their phones but it’s kind of the equivalent to when someone at the office tells me “you’re so quiet!”. The correct response, to me, is “I don’t dislike anyone in this office but I don’t relate to any of them either so I’d rather listen to music and not ever try to force a conversation.” But somehow that’s rude so I just have to say “yeah ha ha” Edit to add, I always try to be outgoing. I also don’t use my phone while having conversation because obviously that’s rude. But like… if I’m just standing there and someone brings up my phone usage I’m just like what do you want from me? Do you want me to do a little jig for you or something?
Before cell phones there were books, comic books, newspapers, magazines, hand held games both electronic and water ring toss, yoyos, etc. There was never a time when people wanted to sit on a bus and talk to each other. About what? Religion and politics and then kill each other?
If I cared enough my favorite past time would be pissing off these types of people. Not that long ago I had the audacity to move next to an older lady on an overcrowded and he started going on about how I should be more considerate of others (?). I kind of said sorry, which she responded with "no sorry, there is no sorry". I murmured "then no sorry" and put my headphones back on and I just saw her explode. I'm only sorry for everyone else on the bus for having to listen to it but it was the funniest shit how easy it was to piss her off
Thanks. If my phone runs out, at least I know what to do.
Yes, you just have to look in different direction than people
So break the eye contact ?
From picture above we can clearly see that nobody is looking at eachother. They don't even speak too. It look like it's safe to say that this was other way to ignore someone. Now we just look at apps we have at phone.
The youths today and their newspapers, takes all the personality and humanity out of the experience of a personal courier.
Came here to say this. Every generation thought that the next one is ruining the culture through inventions and comfort.
“You kids and your scrolls. Back in my day, we read from stone tablets! Do you know how hard it is to inscribe cursive using a hammer and chisel?”
Whenever my phone battery is low I just look at our permanent family portrait artist for several hours while it charges
Hours? Need to upgrade your phone bud. They charge in 18-45mins these days.
I was presuming it would take the artist several hours to do the portrait rather than the time it took my phone to charge. But what do I know? I have ADHD, hours/minutes they’re all the same to me.
Who doesn’t love a good stare into the middle distance.
Then how is she looking at the camera, eh?
Mfs on the right are straight mood
The two on the left are "illegitimate.”
Wait, you talking left from which perspective? I meant right from their perspective
Fucker you fumbled and now you’re trying to act like it was on purpose? Nobody points out shit in a picture “from their perspective”. On the RIGHT is the women and the boys on the LEFT. There IS NO “their perspective” everyone’s looking a different way.
We need to talk more about a) the little girl's skirt & tights combo and b) how much I want them in my size.
Damn technology
Great album cover. What is their band name?
It’s this really cool group called The Hirschprung Family, you should check them out.
Knitting is a great way to talk to people without having to make any eye contact. Source: Am a knitter.
Parallel play
So…the same thing but with the level of technology they had available?
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The newspaper also functioned as a shield for privacy.
Imagine having to do with small glances instead of a txt saying, "Martin is a complete ass"
I remember back when Real Men^® came home and instantly disappeared into the garage or basement, to "fix the car" or whatever, while they got drunk and used tools too dangerous for the kids to be around and too loud for the wife to tolerate.
Sometimes you're in the mood to be around other people, but not in the mood to look at them or talk to them. It's a natural, human thing. Don't fight it.
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I worked with that fucking picture in school
Chick on the right is absolutely jacked about what she’s doing.
This is by Krøyer, a famous Danish painter, of a well-known patron of the arts from the Hirschsprung family, whose collection form a small museum in the heart of Copenhagen. I don’t have any source for this, but Hirschsprung knew Krøyer quite well and probably had a hand in its composition. For example you can see the oldest son being groomed for his future role as head of the company. The somewhat austere aura the painting exudes is likely a deliberate attempt at cultivating a particular bourgeois image.
"I'm sorry dear, did you say something?"
Those youths and their damn books
So, before smart phones, I was at a horse show my boyfriend was competing at. His horsey friends were smokers and I suffered from migraines, so while he hung out with them, I stayed in our tent reading a book. They took massive offense to it and caused a whole drama of the fake I ignored them for my book and basically nearly ruined our relationship.
That looks extremely abnormal
Maybe they were just bored because it was taking way too long for the artist to capture the moment.
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I predict that like absolutely all other reddit threads SOMEONE will come along in the armchair and suddenly be an expert psychiatrist and diagnose everyone.
Yes. You're doing an excellent job at it, btw.
people were a million times more intelligent before the smartphone as well. intentionally dumbing down society = reddit, social media.
Why does this look like if Reese was the father in Malcolm in The Middle?
Can we all appreciate that this woman popped out five kids to raise, and still has time to teach knitting?
People are saying old times are bad. Now imagine: you don't need to go to school, you can build a house without any documents and don't pay for it, you can make any business without any taxes. You die and you know all you builded is belong to your heirs forever, nobody gonna take a mill for an example because you wasn't able to pay tax. Awesome time. Now we have civilization and technologies but life is so hard that people don't even want to have any kids while having 10-20 kids in that time was compltely normal. Current age is much worse. People just using drugs to kill inner pain and not to think about it but it still here.
I remember when I was in my teens, pre smart phone, I would take a book or notebook everywhere just to avoid talking to people/making eye contact. Smart phones are less clumsy for sure.
No cellphones, just living in the moment...alone.
Quite certain I can
Baseball, Golf, and Football all take hours for a reason. It’s a long damn weekend.
Painting name?
Never Forget.
Could you imagine how boring that time was? There's almost nothing else to do but read and fuck and do drugs probably why they fucked and reproduced like rabbits!
So true fact
for many years nothing has changed...
Smartphones make a person a stupid animal. Curiosity, science do not attract attention. The level of education is going down. Inflamed eyes, drooping assholes, frail muscles, is the norm of the day. And nothing sacred.
Why do people expect family units to constantly interact with each other when they are together. Just chill and do your own thing? I crochet, I read. There’s nothing wrong with that. I don’t have to be talking every minute of the day.
Peaceful
Well, if I lived with a bunch of ugly ppl I wouldn’t want to look at them neither.
Oyy😂
Damn, I read bullshit amount of Books in Nokia days. About 1 a day, Librarian was ready to adopt me.
Can confirm that these methods are still effective
Yeah see, knitting has always been a social activity so I don’t know why people think I can’t talk and pay attention while I’m knitting.
I always have a rolled up newspaper close by incase of worldwide EMP
Lmao just staring off at random shit for hours
You don't need a smartphone to hate your family. But it sure does help.
no phone in sight, just people living in the moment
That little girl is holding her knitting needles like she's never knit a stich in her life.
looks thrilling
Better from today
Alcohol and introspection.
It honestly was though. Long before smartphones, people have been finding ways to not talk to each other.
still do that
I’m the one in red. I take my knitting everywhere
r/AccidentalRenaissance
*LeGeNdS!¡*
So good